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Exploiting the 2009 amendments to Regulation S-K, we provide unique evidence on the first-time disclosure of the reasons firms state for combining (separating) the roles of CEO and chairman. The stated reasons support both agency theory and organization theory. They are more numerous and...
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This paper examines the conditions under which CEOs are able to affect the timing and the price of the stock options they are granted at the time of their firm's IPO. Contrary to Lowry and Murphy (2007) who do not find a relationship between IPO grants and IPO underpricing, this paper finds such...
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We analyze the relation between insider trading and the networks of executive and non-executive directors in UK listed companies. While most existing studies focus on firm-specific private information, we find that non-firm-specific information - such as information on other companies and...
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Using a proprietary dataset, we study whether CEO political ideology affected how S&P 500 firms reacted to the Covid-19 pandemic. We hypothesize that conservative CEOs are more likely to downsize their workforce while meeting dividend expectations. Conversely, other CEOs should be less likely to...
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